Dream Catcher

It's A Tie

Now, the team is inside the office practically arranging the evidences and statements collected like a jigsaw puzzle.

"Dorothy, can you make me some coffee please?", Dorothy is an assistant in the HQ and it is obvious that she does have a thing for you.

"Okay, Agent. In a minute.", she replied.

You sat with them in the team office.

"What do we have?"

"According to the people around the area, the local police chief and his wife were the first to arrive at the crime scene."

"Simpson, how about the interrogation?"

"He said he got a call from the telephone in his office this morning, it was a report about a dead body found on the countryside."

"Check the call logs in his personal phone and the telephone from his office, trace the location of the callers and which one of them can be convicted as a suspect or as an accessory to a murder."

"Noted, boss."

"How about you, Agent Jackson?"

"There were 2 gunshots on the victim's chest and it went right through his lungs, which caused his immediate death."

"Are there any traces of blood sighted in the area?"

"No signs, boss."

"I was thinking about something. The HQ Director forwarded a report about a shooting incident to me and that we should take over it but when we got there, the shirt of the victim was clean, no holes and no traces of blood."

The discussion was interrupted by Agent Jauregui when she spoke, her insights kinda sounded like the continuation of yours.

"Maybe the victim was killed somewhere else and the murderer replaced the victim's clothes with a new pair and the body was supposed to be burned right there evident on the gasoline smell on his body but they ran out of time or someone might have seen them."

"Excellent point, Agent. How can you say it was a "them"?"

"Uhm I'm sorry, I was just a guess. I am not sure."

"Come on, tell us."

"No, boss. It's nothing. I do believe my calculations aren't that accurate."

"Okay, then."

"What should we do now, boss?"

"Jackson and Jauregui, return the body to the crime scene in its original state. Simpson must continue locating the caller. Cuevas, secure the crime scene and alert the nearby stations. Gear up and meet me 1KM away from the crime scene at 19."

"Yes, boss."

You have a hunch. You hoped that you are sure about this one.

You walked to the HQ Director's office letting him know about the plan that you have in your head, you asked him about the call that he forwarded to you earlier today.

You dialed Simpsons' number, "Hey, release all the people listed in for interrogation including the local police chief we have nothing to hold him up."

"Copy that, boss.", he replied.

As you walked out of the building, you came across the annoying local police chief. You approached him to ask for forgiveness.

"Sir, I am sorry for holding you up for hours. I didn't mean to offend you, chief. And I just wanted to let you know that the case isn't over, we are going back at the crime scene for another set of investigation. We will try not to leave out anything valuable to the case.", you told him with all of your seriousness.